News - About IRC
News from IRC, such as announcements of new publications and activities and results from advisory work and projects.
Buzz kill: Putting accountability and transparency into action
29 Apr 13
A blog post written by John Sauer (Water For People) and Patrick Moriarty (IRC) argues that there are plenty of buzz words such as accountability and transparency on websites, but where is the practical application. Fortunately, a growing set of tools and applications is now available to anchor these words in reality.
IRC director Nico Terra talks about post-2015 MDG agenda
In an interview on World Water Day 2013 IRC's director Nico Terra talks about the post-2015 MDG agenda in which water has become a separate goal.
World Water Day on WaterCouch.tv
On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd March 2013, the first WaterCouch lands at the 2013 World Water Day celebrations in the Netherlands. This is the latest concept from Akvo and IRC, with support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It follows on from the popular Stockholm World Water Cube. Watch a selection of video interviews here.
Highlighting water cooperation on World Water Day 2013
Water cooperation is one of the key factors to sustainable and equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all. The United Nations proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre supports this focus and underlines the need for effective collaboration between all actors for ensuring water and sanitation services that last for everybody.
Akvopedia WASH Finance Portal launched by Akvo and IRC
A new free and open source knowledge portal has been launched this week by Akvo and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. It is designed to help water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) teams achieve sustainable financing throughout the entire life-cycle of WASH services. The WASH Finance Portal is an extension of the popular Akvopedia online knowledge tool.
IRC activities at World Water Day 2013
This year main events around World Water Day 2013 will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands. IRC will be actively involved in these celebrations. On 21 March WaterCouch.tv will be launched, a concept developed by AKVO and IRC, consisting of short video interviews on the spot that will be published online straight away. On World Water Day itself a high level meeting will be held where the WSSCC and IRC will co-convene a break-out session on water cooperation and poverty eradication, social equity and gender equality. IRC's Triple-S project in Uganda has launched a special World Water Day video.
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre opens its second office in Africa
Ouagadougou / The Hague, 17 September 2012: After twenty years of working in Burkina Faso through various local and international partner agencies – among which Eau-Vive, WaterAid, Water and Sanitation for Africa WSA/EEA – the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is officially opening its national representation in Ouagadougou today. The Burkina Faso office is the second national representation of IRC in Africa, following the opening of a country office in Ghana earlier this year. The opening of national offices is part of the IRC’s on-going decentralisation process.
Stockholm Water Week
Stockholm World Water Week takes place from 26 - 31 August 2012 and the theme is Water and Food Security. IRC will be present in Stockholm and will organise and take part in various sessions and activities.
A large HIF grant award!
15 Nov 12
We were thrilled to learn that KnowledgePoint will be supported by a large HIF grant award for a platform to deliver collaborative, timely and high quality technical support to humanitarian and development operations. This follows on from KnowledgePoint’s small HIF award for the Invention Phase of this innovation. With that phase nearing completion, we are looking to move from the prototyping to the delivery of a robust, user-ready tool. We see the route forward not just in our project proposal, but also from the lessons of the HIF process itself, and seeking the continued, invaluable support and participation of others in the sector.
IRC's Christine Sijbesma member of reference group for Dutch policy review
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reviewed its contribution to improving the drinking water and sanitation services in developing countries over the period 1990-2011. The review provides insight into how the policy has impacted health and development opportunities of people around the world.
